1980 Honda Odyssey FL250 rebuilt help

[Shakey]

I just ran into a similar problem with my 1982 fl 250. My issue was a fuel delivery problem in that the diaphragm pump failed I think one from a snowmobile would work, but I cheaped out with a fast fix by mounting a old snowblower gas tank above the carb, with an in-line filter, and now the carb is gravity fed. Man, what a hoot, the thing runs awesome.
This is my first post, I believe, but I've been keeping an eye out here. Not a very active fl 250 area but it's still alive. Some very valuable info here to keep our 25 year old babies alive.

[fl250dirtslinger]

i run a gravity fed fuel system with an inline filter too and the only problem i have is the gas tank is pretty small and it sucks when you have to walk

[Shakey]

Ha! That's so true! That exact thing happened to me not 10 days ago. It seems my fl 250 burns as much fuel as a Hummer (seriously) but the fun factor is way up into fatgirl/moped territory. I can run about 40 minutes before a refuel. I feel this gives me an opportunity to take a leak,overcome my motion sickness ( driving it feels like what those astronaut training things might be like ) and for the engine to cool down.

[fl250dirtslinger]

you would think that a 2 stroke would get pretty gool gas mileage but in this case its totally wrong
me and my friend had to ride back to my house on his 4 wheeler to get me some gas